Conservative Rep. Kern Blames Homosexuals for Economic Crisis

Texas clearly doesn’t have a monopoly on
right-wing nonsense. A group of Oklahoma lawmakers is issuing a
proclamation that blames gays, abortion supporters and a host of other
demons for the nation’s current economic crisis. Really.

The proclamation claims that the nation’s current economic troubles “are consequences of our greater national moral crisis”:

“(T)his nation has become a world leader in promoting
abortion, pornography, same sex marriage, sex trafficking, divorce,
illegitimate births, child abuse, and many other forms of debauchery .
. .”

Then it lays the blame for this moral crisis at the feet of the
President Obama for, in part, refusing to participate in a public
National Day of Prayer ceremony and for honoring Gay Pride Month
(disregarding, the proclamation says, ”the biblical admonitions to live
clean and pure lives by proclaiming an entire month to an immoral
behavior.”)

The proclamation calls for Christian renewal for the nation and a return to living by biblical principles.

Unlike Kern, apparently, we don’t recall that Lehman Brothers, AIG
and a host of other finance powerhouses collapsed last fall because
their employees were racing out the door to get abortions or to watch
Adam and Steve or Thelma and Louise get hitched.